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- The UC pipeline here is real. 67 admissions to the top six UC campuses for a class of 80 seniors puts this school in the top handful of schools in California.
- Elite admits are rare — here and everywhere. Berkeley and UCLA admitted 9 of this class's 268 UC applications. The strong middle campuses — San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis — are where most real UC outcomes happen.
- Worth asking about on a tour: counselor load. One counselor serves about 2692 students here — above the 250-to-1 level counseling experts recommend. Ask how junior-year college advising actually gets covered.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
🎓 Where grads go — and what it costs & pays
UC admits by campus · Class of 2025
Getting in is step one. The cost above is the average family's net price — yours depends on your income — and your child's odds depend on their GPA + scores. See your family's real numbers at these campuses:
🎯 Get my child's odds + our real net price →Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.
How Highland Elementary compares for families
One of California's strongest schools for college outcomes.
- ▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 84 — 66 points above the California median of 18. Ahead of 98% of California high schools.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (UC Reach Score 84 vs a 13 median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25
Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.
Absenteeism is up 31.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-7.2%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~300 | -23 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~258 | -65 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~222 | -101 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.
How does Highland Elementary really compare on getting kids to college?
We've ranked it #1 of 3 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.
Your similar-school group includes
Icef View Park Preparatory High · City Honors International Preparatory High · Libertas College Preparatory Charter · Animo City Of Champions Charter High · Open Charter Magnet · Crete Academy · +4 more
Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25
Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Los Angeles County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
81 of 373 students who enrolled at Highland Elementary this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (21.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.
District financial profile — Inglewood Unified (FY2020)
From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.
Local: 40.0%
Federal: 15.5%
Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Inglewood Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).
Highland Elementary sent 268 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 25.0% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 84 — 66 points above the California median of 18, higher than 98% of California high schools. The school produces 11.2 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.
+71 pts above peer median (13) · Ranked #1 of 3 similar schools
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Higher than 98% of California high schools (980 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Highland Elementary's UC Reach Score of 84 clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (51) — meaning roughly 83 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97 — a gap of 13 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Highland Elementary's UC Reach is higher than 98% of California high schools (980 ranked).
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach Score | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 39 | 4 | —† | 10.3% | 5 | — | — | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 63 | 5 | 4 | 7.9% | 6 | 80.0% | — | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 46 | 13 | 4 | 28.3% | 16 | 30.8% | — | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 36 | 17 | 7 | 47.2% | 21 | 41.2% | — | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 55 | 16 | —† | 29.1% | 20 | — | — | —† |
| UC Davis → | 29 | 12 | —† | 41.4% | 15 | — | — | —† |
What This Means
For School Admins
The full Reach Report for Highland Elementary
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- ✓Your UC Reach Score (84) ranked head-to-head against your closest competitor schools
- ✓Your 5-year enrollment forecast (currently -7.2%/yr) with the revenue at stake
- ✓Student-retention benchmarking vs your county median — and the LCAP evidence to back your goals